Jump chute marble race toy
AssigneeDiscovery Toys, Inc.
InventorDaniel B. Klitsner
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Abstract
A marble race toy (4) for use with a marble race game (2) of the type in which a marble (6) moves along a tortuous path. The toy alters the path of the marbles rolling through the game and includes a chute (10) and a landing (12) spaced from the chute. The chute includes an entrance (16) at the top of a downwardly extending speed track (14) and a jump (18), defined by an upturned end (20) at the lower end of the speed track. The landing is spaced from the jump and includes an exit (24) for the marble's traverse through the remaining toys of the marble race game.
Claims8
A toy for use with a marble race game in which the marble moves along a tortuous path comprising:
- a chute having an entrance, a jump, and a downwardly extending speed track connecting the entrance and the jump;
- a landing spaced from the jump and having a planar surface substantially larger than the width of the marble, an arcuate boundary projecting upwardly from said planar surface, and an exit positioned at a terminal end of said arcuate boundary and said planar surface;
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- the chute configured and the landing positioned so that a marble enters the chute through the entrance, travels down the speed track, into the jump, out of the chute in a trajectory, lands at the landing and passes through the exit for traverse of the marble through the game.
A toy for use with a marble race game in which the marble moves along a tortuous path comprising:
- a J-shaped chute havin an entrance, a jump having an upturned end, and a downwardly sloping speed track coupling the entrance and the jump;
- a landing spaced from the jump, having a planar surface substantially larger than the width of the marble, an arcuate boundary projecting upwardly from said planar surface, and an exit positioned at a terminal end of the arcuate boundary and said planar surface;
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- the chute configured and the landing positioned so that a marble enters the chute through the entrance, travels down the speed track into the jump, out of the chute, lands at the landing, travels along the arcuate boundary to the terminal end and through the exit for traverse of the marble through the game.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.